Doorway structure for boxcars



July 26,1938. w. 1.. THOMAS DOORWAY STRUCTURE FOR BOXCAR S Filed Aug 9, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 26, 1938. w. L.-THOMAS DOORWAY STRUCTURE FOR BOXCARS Filed Aug. 9, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 26, 1938 PATENT OFFICE DOORWAY STRUCTURE FOR BOXCABS William L. Thomas, Havel-straw, N. Y., assignor to The New York Central Railroad Company, a

corporation of New York Application August 9,

' Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in boxcars, and particularly to means for holding partitioning or supporting elements for partitioning the car into holding compartments, and/or pro-' 5 viding therein supporting floors or platforms of suitable size or sizes for holding or supporting different kinds or sizes of goods to be shipped.

More particularly the invention relates to means for supporting the supporting or holding elements in the car between the door ways of the car, in such manner that such supporting and holding elements may be positioned to lie in the same longitudinal plane throughout the length of the car.

The general object of my invention is to provide improvements in the means shown in my Patent Nos. 2,016,731, October 8, 1935, 2,038,692, April 28, 1936, and 2,030,773, February 11, 1936, for variably partitioning the interior of a box car to divide the same into holding compartments and/or to support therein floors or platforms whereby one and the same car may be used to hold mixed kinds and/or sizes of goods in separate lots and in such manner as to keep the lots separated from each other, and to prevent shifting of the goods-in transit and to enable the full capacity of the car to be used for shipment of such goods to same destination or to diflerent destinations.

The particular object of.the invention is to provide partitioning and supporting means across the doorways and across the interior of the car between the doorways for the purposes above described, and which are of such construction as r to furnish a more convenient and flexible arrangement for changing the supporting and partitioning elements as may be required under different conditions of service, and to provide the supporting elements which span the doorways with perforations similar to the perforations in the lining of the car, so that the inner face of the door spanning member is flush with the face of the lining whereby I obtain continuous rows of perforations, from end to end of the car, all rows of perforations in the door spanning member lining up with the perforations in the lining sheets of the car.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement'of parts- 510 hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a detailh'orizontal sectional view through a car doorway and immediately assogg ciated Darts.

1937, Serial No. 158,218 (01. 105476) Figure 2 is a vertical horizontal section of a portion of a car embodying my invention.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of my improved doorway spanning bar.

Figure 4 is an elevation of one end of the door bar from which the fixed supports extend.

Figure 5 is adetail vertical sectional view through'the doorway of a car showing the vertical row of perforations-in one of the'door stiles.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the door bar.

Figure 7 is an end elevation of the door bar carrying the sliding bolts.

The reference numeral l designates the car' body which is or may be of usual box body form, and comprises the bottom 2, side walls 3, end walls l, and roof 5. The bottom 2, end walls 4 and roof 5 may be of any suitable and approved construction.- The side walls 3, however, may be of special construction,- as disclosed in my Patent No. 2,030,773, to adapt the same for use in conjunction with supporting and/or partitioning members, whereby the interior of the car, between the end walls and the doorways 8 may be divided into goods holding compartments,

and/or provided with shelves or platforms for supporting goods of different sizes or kinds therein.

Each side wall 3 is provided with a doorway 6 including door posts 1, which posts are provided with a vertical row of perforations 8 located adjacent to the inner corners of the posts facing the doorway.

The side walls of the car are faced inside of as fully described in my Patent Nos. 2,030,773

and 2,038,692.

From experience in loadingand operating these cars I have found that'it is desirable to provide the doorway spanning bar it with horizontal and vertical rows of perforations corresponding with the perforations in the side wall lining, and to so position said bar in the doorway that its front a face is flush with the vertical plane of the perforated lining'of the car side walls to ensure that a series of these bars may be set up in the doorway to obtain continuous rows of perforations I4, from end to end of the car; all rows of perforations in the bars lining up wlth the rows suitable bolts are slidably mounted, said bolts having an operating handle or knob 2|, whereby the bolts may be operated to locked and unlocked position. -A slideway 22 is provided in which said handle may be moved, the ends of the slideway being at right angles to the straightaway portion of the slideway in which the handle may be positioned to lock the'bolt in locked or unlocked position. These bolts are designed to engage and become locked'in the vertical two of perforations 8 in the opposite post.

The'angle l5 and casting W are of proportions relative to the depth of the channel of the door bar I3 to offset the studs l6 and bolts 2@ rearwardly of the body of the bar so as to position the face of the bar i3 flush-with the face: of the car side wall perforated sheets when the studs l6 and bolts 20 are in the vertical row of perforations on the door posts, so that a series of these bars it can be set up in the doorway to obtain continuous rows of perforations from end to end of the car; all rows of perforations in the bars i3 lining up with the rows of perforations in the car side wall lining sheets. What I claim is: g i. In a boxtype freight car, the combination of a car body having oppositely disposed walls, ver

tical sections spaced from the outer walls and extending substantially from floor to roof, the said vertical sections being provided with vertical and horizontal rows of elongated openings, a pin- 1 rality of supports adapted to be extended between and mounted upon said vertical sections for supporting therefrom load carrying shelves and load carrying partitions, said supports having engaging elements interchangeably engageable with said openings to mount the supports in different horizontal and vertical spaced relationship to each other on said sections, door ways for said car, posts at opposite sides of said door ways and each having a vertical row of perforations therein extending substantially from floor toroof and supporting members designed to span each doorway and each having locking projections at one end for engagement with the perforations in one of the posts and having a movable. locking projection at its opposite end for engagement with the perforations in the other perforated post, said supporting members'having horizontal rows of elongated perforations so arranged, when the said memberis in operative position, as to align with the perforations in the vertical section of the car'whereby continuous rows of said perforations extend from end to end of the car.

2. In supporting-and partitioning means for use in a boxcar, lined with sheets having elongated openings, doorways in said car provided with posts, said sheets being flush with the inner face of said posts, each of said posts having a vertical row of perforations therein, suppor ing members adapted to bridge between the posts of each doorway and having rows of elongated perforations designed to support partitioning cr'supporting members to be extended across the interior of the car between the doorways, fixed locking projections extending from one end of each first-named supporting member and designed for engagement with the perforations in one of said door posts, and slidable locking projection at the opposite end of each first-named supporting member designed to engage the'perforations in the opposite perforated post, said locking members being so mounted on said supporting members that when the supporting members are in ,locked position the inner faces of i said supporting members will be flush with the 1 faces of said lining sheets and the perforations of the supporting members will line up with the perforations in the lining sheets to obtain continuous rows of perforations from end to end of the car in the same plane.

'3. The combination with a car of the character described lined with sheets having vertical and horizontal rows of elongated perforations, doorways for the car, the door posts of which have a vertical row of perforations, supporting members having rows of elongated perforations designed to support partitioning or supporting members to be extended across the interior of the car between the doorways, locking means on said first named supporting members designed to interlock with the perforations in said door posts so positioned on said supporting members that when in locked position the inner face of said first named supporting members will be flush with the facesof said lining sheets and the perforations of said first named supporting members will line up with the perforations of said lining sheets to obtain continuous rows of perforations in thesame ver= tical plane from end to end of the car.

4. In a side wall structure for railway borzcars, channeled posts arranged to define a doorway, each post having a wall facing the interior of the car and a wall facing the doorway, the latternamed wall having a vertical row of perforations therein adjacent to the inside corner thereof facing the doorway, perforated supporting members mounted on the side wall at each side of the doorway in the same vertical longitudinal plane, andv supporting members bridging the space between said door posts and having projections at the ends thereof engaging selected perforations in the posts and received in the channels of said posts, said supporting members at said doorway terminating at said inside corners-of the posts and said projections and perforations being relatively arranged to dispose said doorway members in the same longitudinal plane with the supporting members at'opposite sides of the doorway.

, 5. In a railway boxcar, longitudinally spaced posts affixed at each side of the car from end to end thereof including channeled door posts arranged to define a doorway, each door post having a wall facing the interior of the car and a wall facing the doorway, the latter-named wall having a vertical row of perforations therein adjaway terminating at said inside corners of the posts and said projections and perforations in the door posts being relatively arranged to dispose said doorway members in the same vertical 75 longitudinal plane with the supporting members at opposite sides of the doorway, and adjustable cross bars extending transversely of the car and having projections at the ends thereof engaging selected perforations of said supporting members.

6. In a side wall structure. for railway boxcars, posts arranged to define a doorway, said posts each having a vertical row of perforations adjacent to the inside corner thereof facing the doorway, perforated supporting members mounted on the side wall at each side of the doorway in the same longitudinal plane, and supporting members bridging the space between said door posts and each having a set of spaced projections at each end thereof engaging selected perforations in the posts, at least one of said sets of projections comprising movable locking members, said supporting members at said doorway terminating at said inside corners of the posts and said projections and perforations being relatively arranged to dispose said doorway members in the same longitudinal plane with the supporting members at opposite sides of the doorway.

7. In a railway boxcar, longitudinally spaced posts affixed at each side of the car from end to end thereof including door posts arranged to define a doorway, said doorposts each having a vertical row of perforations adjacent to the inside corner thereof facing the doorway, per-.

forated supporting members bridging the posts at each side of the doorway and disposed in the same vertical longitudinal plane, supporting members bridging the space between said door posts and having projections at the ends thereof engaging selected perforations in the door posts, each of said supporting members being provided with a longitudinal row of perforations, said supporting members at said doorway terminating at said inside corners of the posts and said projections and perforations in the door posts being relatively arranged to dispose said doorway members in thelsame longitudinal plane with the supporting members on opposite sides of the doorway and said rows of perforations in said members in longitudinal alinement, and adjustable cross bars extending transversely of the car and'having projections at the ends thereof engaging selected perforations of said supporting members.

8. In a railway boxcar, posts affixed at each side of the car from end to end thereof including door posts arranged to define a doorway, said door posts each having a vertical row of perforaspace between said door posts and having pro-.

jections at the ends thereof engaging selected perforations in the posts, said supporting members at said doorway terminating at said inside corners of the door posts and said projections andperforations in the door posts being relatively arranged to dispose said doorway members in the same vertical longitudinal plane with the supporting members at opposite sides of the doorway.

9. In a railway boxcar, longitudinally spaced posts aflixed at each side of the car from end to end thereof including door posts arranged to define a doorway, said door posts each having a vertical row of perforations adjacent to the inside corner thereof facing the doorway, perforated supporting members bridging the posts at each side of the doorway in the same vertical longitudinal plane, and supporting members bridging the space between said door posts and having projections at the ends thereof engaging selected perforations in the posts, each of said supporting members being provided with a longitudinal row of perforations, said supporting members at said doorway terminating at said inside corners of the door posts and said projections and perforations in the door posts being relatively arranged to dispose said doorway members in the same vertical longitudinal plane with the supporting members on opposite sides of the doorway and said rows of perforations in said members in longitudinal alinement.

10. In a railway boxcar, longitudinally spaced posts affixed at each side of the car including perforated door posts, each having a vertical row of perforations disposed adjacent to the inside corner thereof at the door opening, perforated supporting sheets bridging adjacent posts at each side' of the car, the supporting sheets at said door opening terminating at said inside corners of the door posts and being disposed in the same vertical longitudinal plane with the other supporting sheets, and adjustable cross bars disposed transversely of the car and having projections at the ends thereof engaging selected perforations of said supporting sheets at opposite sides of the car.

WILLIAM L. THOMAS. 

